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Robin Scholz has been promoted to photo editor of The News Gazette in Champaign, Ill. Scholz began her career at the News-Gazette more than 20 years ago as a staff photographer. Prior to joining the paper, she worked at a chain of weeklies in central Illinois and at the Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier. Janet Ecker has been appointed to the boards of directors at Postmedia. She currently serves as president and CEO of Toronto Financial Services Alliance and is a former member of provincial parliament in Ontario from 1995 to 2003. She has served as Minister of Finance, Minister of Education, Minister of Community and Social Services and Government House Leader. Jeff DeLoach has been named president of the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times Free Press. He previously served as publisher of the San Angelo Standard-Times and the Abilene Reporter-News in Texas. DeLoach succeeds Bruce Hartmann who resigned earlier this year. Christie Gardner has been named publisher of The Daily Press, Kane Republican and Ridgway Record in Pennsylvania. She began her career in 2004 and spent the last four years as advertising manager of the three papers. Jeff Precourt has been named regional publisher for Lee Enterprises in Oregon. Prior to attaining his current position, Precourt was publisher of the Albany DemocratHerald, Corvallis Gazette-Times, Lebanon Express and Philomath Express in Oregon. His duties will be expanded to include The editorandpublisher.com
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ACQUISITIONS Adams Publishing Group has purchased The Eau Claire Press Co. from the Graaskamp and Atkinson families. The sale includes the Leader-Telegram in Eau Claire, Wis., as well as a weekly agricultural newspaper, shopper product, commercial printing division and digital marketing services. The Eau Claire Press Co. had been family owned and operated for 130 years. Stowe Reporter group has acquired a pair of Vermont newspapers from Holly Johnson. The newspapers involved in the deal include the Shelburne News and The Citizen. Both papers cover news in Chittenden County. The editorial and advertising staff from each paper will be retained. Kim and Michael Hawkenson have sold the Lakes Area Review in New London, Minn. to Ted and Kari Jo Almen. The Almen family also publishes the Kerkhoven Banner, Clara City Herald and the Raymond-Prinsburg News in Minnesota. Hearst has purchased the Connecticut print and digital assets of 21st Century Media Newspaper, a Digital First Media company. The publications involved in the deal include the New Haven Register, The Middletown Press and The Register Citizen. The sale also includes eight weekly newspapers, niche publications and Connecticut Magazine. Civitas Media has sold the Sedalia (Mo.) Democrat to Phillips Media Group. The newspaper was originally acquired by Civitas Media in 2012. HD Media has acquired four West Virginia newspapers from Civitas Media. The newspapers involved in the deal include the Logan Banner, Williamson Daily News, Coal Valley News and The Pineville Independent Herald. Calkins Media has sold its newspaper assets to GateHouse Media and Ogden Newspapers. The five daily newspapers acquired by GateHouse include: The Courier Times, The Intelligencer, the Beaver County Times and the Ellwood City Ledger in Pennsylvania, and the Burlington County (N.J.) Times. GateHouse will also acquire Calkins Digital. Additionally, Odgen Newspapers has acquired the Uniontown (Pa.) Herald-Standard, Greene County (Pa.) Messenger and SWC Properties. Lee Enterprises has purchased the assets of The Dispatch-Argus in Moline, Ill. from Small Newspaper Group. The deal includes the paper’s related publications serving Moline, Rock Island and dozens of other communities in western Illinois. The Small Newspaper Group owns three other daily newspapers, magazines and digital services in Illinois and Minnesota. Champion Media has acquired the North Carolina and South Carolina print and digital and local assets of Civitas Media. The deal includes five daily and 17 weekly newspapers. The daily newspapers involved in the acquisition are: the Lumberton Robesonian, Mount Airy News, Rockingham Daily Journal, Clinton Sampson Independent and Laurinburg Exchange in North Carolina. World in Coos Bay and its weekly publications.
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Eugene Jackson has been named regional publisher for the Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune and the Rapid City (S.D.) Journal. Jackson most recently served as publisher of the Daily Journal in Park Hills, Mo. Prior to
Betty Linn has retired as publisher of the Sierra Star in Oakhurst, Calif. She was named publisher in 1994, and prior to that, served as general manager of the paper. Linn began her career in 1978 as an ad executive for the Sierra Home Advertiser. Jeffery Gerritt has been named editor of AUGUST 2017 | E & P
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